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  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  Builg 
  Burn 
  takes 
  its 
  rise 
  — 
  the 
  last 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Dye 
  

   we 
  have 
  to 
  pass. 
  Right 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  this, 
  Kerloch 
  

   (1747) 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  foreground. 
  From 
  the 
  

   point 
  now 
  reached 
  the 
  line 
  strikes 
  east-by-south, 
  passing 
  

   Mid 
  Hill, 
  Leachie 
  Hill, 
  Bogjorgan, 
  Muir 
  of 
  Germany, 
  Jacks- 
  

   bank, 
  Foord, 
  Fallside, 
  Briggs 
  of 
  Criggie, 
  and 
  Picts 
  Kiln. 
  

   For 
  the 
  last 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  miles 
  our 
  journey 
  has 
  been 
  

   through 
  a 
  cultivated 
  country, 
  with 
  but 
  little 
  wood, 
  except 
  

   about 
  Glenbervie 
  ; 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  granite 
  hills 
  we 
  have 
  

   entered 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Sandstone 
  Conglomerate. 
  Passing 
  the 
  

   south 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Lumgair, 
  the 
  district 
  around 
  

   is 
  clayey, 
  and 
  produces 
  poor 
  crops. 
  There 
  are 
  numerous 
  

   small 
  clumps 
  and 
  belts 
  of 
  trees, 
  but 
  nothing 
  that 
  can 
  claim 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  wood 
  or 
  forest. 
  This 
  remark 
  applies 
  to 
  the 
  

   whole 
  district, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  see 
  it, 
  lying 
  north 
  and 
  

   south 
  of 
  Stonehaven. 
  From 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Lumgair 
  we 
  are 
  

   but 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  sea 
  at 
  Fowls-heugh, 
  whence 
  we 
  

   started. 
  

  

  The 
  country 
  within 
  the 
  line 
  drawn 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  varied 
  

   character, 
  alternating 
  in 
  mountain 
  chains 
  (which 
  in 
  general 
  

   run 
  from 
  west 
  to 
  east), 
  long 
  valleys, 
  and 
  broad 
  level 
  

   plains. 
  The 
  chief 
  streams 
  are 
  the 
  Dee, 
  which, 
  counting 
  its 
  

   windings, 
  is 
  85 
  miles 
  long 
  ; 
  the 
  Don, 
  80 
  miles 
  ; 
  the 
  Ythan, 
  

   37 
  miles 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Ugie, 
  23 
  miles. 
  These 
  rivers 
  run 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  direction 
  as 
  the 
  mountain 
  chains, 
  and 
  each 
  has 
  

   tributaries 
  that 
  flow 
  along 
  the 
  lateral 
  valleys 
  and 
  debouch 
  

   into 
  the 
  main 
  streams 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  their 
  courses. 
  

   These 
  rivers 
  and 
  their 
  tributaries 
  are 
  all 
  good 
  trout 
  

   streams, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  famous 
  for 
  salmon, 
  the 
  

   Dee 
  taking 
  chief 
  place 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  

  

  Lochs 
  are 
  not 
  numerous, 
  nor 
  are 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  great 
  

   extent. 
  There 
  are 
  Loch 
  Muick, 
  Dubh 
  Loch, 
  Loch 
  Kander 
  

   (named 
  in 
  the 
  Ordinance 
  Survey 
  Maps 
  Ceann-mor), 
  Loch 
  

   Brothachan, 
  Loch 
  Callater, 
  Loch 
  Phadraig, 
  Lochan 
  an 
  Eoin, 
  

   Loch 
  Dubh, 
  and 
  Lochnagar. 
  These 
  are 
  all 
  situated 
  near 
  

  

  